I think we need to have more discussion of meetup tactics on LW. At my local meetup, we've been feeling a bit lost about what works best, so I hereby propose that we have semi-regular meetup tactics discussions like the open and quotes threads.

So here's a few questions to start us off:

• What activities or topics of discussion have been particularly productive? What is not?
• Have fun adventurous things like hiking or climbing worked?
• What is your opinion on the purpose of the meetups? Is it about community? Additional discussion and learning? Practice?
• Is it a good idea to have different types of meetup (discussion night, fun day, social, ???), or should everything be scheduled into regular meetups?
• What things have worked for building community? There should have been some community disasters by now as well, what caused them?
• What has worked for actual practice and leveling up? What hasn't?
• What topics produce good discussions? How much structure should discussions have?
• How does your meetup get more people to come out (recruitment, attendance, etc). What works, what doesn't work?
• What untested ideas do you have for any of the above?